MAGISRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 96, 16 January 1908, Page 5

MAGISRATE'S COURT.

, -i.t (Before Mr. ; w! S.M.) ' ,V ; ALLEGED THEFT. . ' .'.A young man. named -Rogers Badder on » charge'of tlvd/f of tho sum of -'7s.', 3j'd.;;in. money., from onovJohn- ..Qir3erier,during tho' voyage ,of ', the ' steamer Maori from Lytteltbii: to I'WeUingtflh. •' 'A'coii'spdpleaded; riot; guilty.' .-sTh'b case ;was:: adipur'nedy.until*. Friday.::cßa'U ; >was. : the:sumVoK£ls. ;. -s~\ '.-, ' RAT,F.' OF 'IN.V'ALLEGED .INDECENT': ''PICTURE.'"' " '. r .' ; BOOKSELLERS PROSECUTED. , sßaTnjtrd' v. WhittaltQr, .' bookieller; -•• ' was Be-' ciiimbpr-20,/. WSS*".rine^entitled is of an' indeoe/it'notnrol'. ■ • ' ' . :- ; * . v; ; "-. Mr.: vHprdmanj;• who •; appeared • f^-Vthe. dc(;hc opinion...thatythe lnfqrjnation'lftid'.ihy: the police wai .'not, only fonndationlcss, ybnt:ridiculous. •'•'Ho .pointed but that 7: thereat'. defendants we're' we,proprietors of, thp in which., the. alleged .ini \lt tcm. newstaryi to): tlfo'casp •. 'certajri' information, 'v whiclr Vai ' coniinK .' forward ' frotii Sydney.. .by . this. week's ; steamer, and ; -i;..;he,' - would . : thor.eforo ask :; -for , a "Wmand.'; '. At .this stage counsel : said , tho-pirture which was alleged ; to 1 was. viepijodiictipn -of a ' pictnre\ painted;'.by MW HalJ,: one of the' most celebrated in 'Victoria,, and :jt had been" exhibited in. thje 'Molbogrne .Art Gallej-y. The' - artist trustee .'of . the ' Felton; .Bequest Fund, and ha(l sbloi^contojl ; ; some,; £5000 ' per annum,Vhichisiim .was doybt'ed'td the purchase ■ bf,.;\vorks 'of- art. ' The qnestibri for the Court tras • whether.;.or. ;iiqt£ji'';jnagazine"had. ,the libert.y thrpugli its' .pages .to make; the. public bf''Victori(iand New Zealand ' acquainted with: siich'' worlds;of art as wore purchased by a.vpubliC''i:iris'titntton and hccjjme ; a..national possossion:; .V i : Chief. l)etectiw M'Grath" made ..hp bppbsitjon -to. the' :remand, .which". wiis_ granted.. The case, bp;•jbronght!".^ii , -.pn,.rrjiaajh^w^fc.'-_.'-:f. A .similar 'oharjge against Johiy was ilso'adjourned until! Friday-.week;.